Beards Corner, Colorado
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West San Miguel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81423. It stands on Dead Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Basin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1916 USGS Paradox Valley quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Paradox Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Basin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moab quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nucla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Basin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Beards Corner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 33 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | E BROAD |
| 10 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | BUCK KNOB |
| 3 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | DRY CREEK |
| 28 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | DEAD HORSE |
| 28 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | DRY CREEK |
| 16 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | BROAD CANYON |
| 15 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Southwest District, Montrose | PITCHFORK |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Tres Rios Field Office | DEAD HORSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Beards Corner: 10 occurrences, 8 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Vanadium, Uranium, Vanadium, Vanadium, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C & C Drilling | Stone, Strontium | Prospect | ||
| Carmack Potash Drilling | Potassium | Prospect | ||
| Z-Bar | Lead, Uranium, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Two Bar | Vanadium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Z-Bar, Wilmarth, Tiny, Park Claims | Vanadium, Uranium | Occurrence | Carnotite | |
| Big Gyp Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Bokum Corporation Drilling | Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Centennial Mine | Uranium, Vanadium | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Norwood | 17.5 miles | 16 | |
| Egnar | 20.2 miles | 15 | |
| Placerville | 29.8 miles | 18 | |
| Leonard (historical) | 31.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sawpit | 32.7 miles | 14 | |
| Vanadium | 34.6 miles | 27 | |
| Lime | 36.9 miles | 27 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122556025 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 186182. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.










